Salary: $11.35 per hour
POSITION
TITLE:
Paraprofessional
DIVISION: Educational
Services
DEPARTMENT: Special Education
SALARY
SCHEDULE:
General, Grade 6
REPORTS
TO:
Building Principal
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The special
education paraprofessional assists the teacher with educational
and non-educational activities. The paraprofessional
assists in carrying out the program developed by the special
education professional(s) and support personnel.
II. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Direct small groups of
individual students in teacher-planned instructional
activities.
B. Collect and record instructional
and behavioral data as requested by the teacher.
C. Assist with physical needs of students
under direction of teacher.
D. Assist the teacher in maintaining the
classroom management program and handle routine discipline.
E. Score and check papers.
F. Operate audio-visual
equipment.
G. Prepare instructional materials as
directed by the teacher.
H. Prepare and copy materials.
I. Record information for
reports as directed by the teacher.
J. Make charts, bulletin boards and
other visual material.
K. Complete worksheets and reports
as directed by the teacher.
L. Supervise students in place of
the teacher during staffings or in emergency situations while the
teacher is out of the classroom.
M. Consider all classroom behavior and
achievements confidential.
N. Assist the teacher in
supervision of field trips and school parties but not provide
transportation.
O. Other duties as assigned.
III. TRAINING, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIREMENTS
A. On-the-job training sessions are
required by the State Department of Education for continued
employment.
B. Good interpersonal
relationships.
C. Must be physically able to restrain
students, when appropriate, in compliance with accepted district
disciplinary procedures. Must be physically able to lift,
or assist in lifting, non-ambulatory students.
D. Must be able to proficiently operate
classroom equipment including VCR, typewriter, computer, and copy
machine.
E. May be required to lift and move
20 to 30 pounds of classroom equipment.